Category: The World
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The Superhero Diaries 3.3: Laundry Matters
Charles T. Hemingway and Sons (Quality Tailors; Quality Cleaners) provide an exemplary and discreet service to the modern superhero; a need – nay, a must – in this day and age. Every month, they provide a detailed email to the Elite Force of Britain, a team of exemplary and not-so discreet superheroes who defend this…
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Warmed to the bone?
I don’t know whether it’s cold or not any more. I mean, I know it’s cold… I can see my breath when I walk outside, and there’s a definite chill in the air, and it’s Winter, so, all things considered, it should be cold. The heating in the Mansion is on full blast. Searing hot…
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Loves of times gone by
St Valentine’s Day. A day to reminisce. A day to look back and ponder those loves from the past. Those important yesteryear moments. Sigh. Like the Lincoln biscuit. Gone but not forgotten. Round and bobbly and no longer around. Celery Soup. Tinned Celery Soup. I think that vanished from the shops some time in the…
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Strange Voices on St Valentine’s Eve
Or Friday 13th, if you’re superstitious about such things. I was born on a 13th, so I’m OK with things like that. In the Mansion in my mind, Thomasina’s decking the halls and singing her current favourite song. If ever an ear-worm was ever needed, I’d have to say ‘Mickey’ by Toni Basil would most…